Almost all the presidential candidates (well, the Democrats, anyway) are promising some sort of health insurance for everyone, but I am not holding my breath, because I don't look good in blue.

Face it...the system we have is designed to benefit far too many groups who do not WANT it changed, from drug companies to HMOs to many doctors to corporations to just plain rich folks who see their taxes rising to help poor folks stay healthy.

ANYONE who imagines their cut of the pie will be even the teeniest bit smaller with National Health Insurance will strive to defeat it...or put in place some joke system which merely 'rearranges the deck chairs on the Titantic'. They don't seem to understand that the country as a whole will benefit, and that preventative care will eventually SAVE them money.

Right now, certain elements understand that in the system as it is, they find it easier to control and divert the flow of money in quantities and directions they choose. There is nothing so hard as getting those who MAKE the rules to make new rules which reduce their clout.

And who wants to bet that one excuse will be, "Oh, we are SO far in debt with this war unending Military Moebius strip, that we really can't afford a comprehensive plan right now."